During an interview, former US President Donald Trump has made such a claim, which has created an international stir. He has said that Pakistan is secretly conducting nuclear tests, and all this is happening without any global eye. Trump said these things in the CBS News program ’60 Minutes’, where he also added that America is also going to resume its nuclear tests soon.
Let us tell you that America has not conducted any full-scale underground nuclear test for almost three decades. Trump says that countries like Pakistan, North Korea, Russia and China have been conducting tests secretly and are not letting the world even know about it. It is noteworthy that Trump said that these countries are doing “underground tests”, which are neither made public nor discussed in the media.
According to available information, Trump argued that if other countries are doing testing then America should not lag behind. He said that “the United States cannot be the only country that does not conduct nuclear tests,” and stressed that the United States also needs to maintain the credibility of its nuclear program by keeping an eye on the activities of other countries. According to Trump, the United States has “more nuclear weapons than any other country” and believes they can be used if necessary.
Trump also commented on the tension between India and Pakistan during this conversation. He again claimed that he played a key role in averting a possible “nuclear war” between the two countries earlier this year. He said that he applied pressure through trade and tax, due to which both the countries reduced the tension. However, this claim has been rejected earlier by India and it has been said that the ceasefire was implemented only after talks between the military officials of the two countries without the mediation of any third party.
It is noteworthy that the Indian Government has clarified on several occasions that all issues with Pakistan will be resolved bilaterally and interference by any third country will not be acceptable. At the same time, these new claims of Trump have once again raised the question in the international community whether America is really going to join the new race of nuclear testing and what effect it will have on the strategic situation of the world.